National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand
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National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand
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New Zealand's biggest celebration of the smallest form of fiction -- 22 June
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Micro Madness 2025 FIRST PLACE: Joani Reese, At the Crossroads Bar
YouTube video by Flash Frontier
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June 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Joani Reese is a writer and poet living in Texas, USA. Her most recent hybrid collection is called Night Chorus. Reese curates the AWP offsite reading series Hot Pillow.
June 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Zoë Deans lives in Ōtautahi. Their poems have been published in places like takahē, The Spinoff and Overcom. They have a lot of respect for anyone who writes flash fiction!
June 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Micro Madness 2025 THIRD PLACE: Sue Barker, Mānawa, breathing in the mangroves
YouTube video by Flash Frontier
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June 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Sue Barker lives in Waipu, rural Te Tai Tokelau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She writes short form fiction and some poetry. She’s been published in Fast Fibres Poetry, Flash Frontier and two anthologies of Northland flash and in 2025 in Te Moana o Reo | Ocean of Languages.
June 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Micro Madness 2025 SHORT LIST: Slawka G. Scarso, When he comes home from work...
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June 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Micro Madness 2025: Marie Gethins, Anomaly
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June 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Marie Gethins featured in Winter Papers, Bristol Short Story Prize, Australian Book Review, REED, NFFD Anthologies, Fictive Dream and others. Selected for Best Microfictions, BIFFY50, Best Small Fictions, she is a Hawthornden Fellow, the Banshee flash fiction editor, and co-edits for Splonk.
June 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Based in Italy, Slawka G. Scarso has published flash and micros in numerous anthologies and magazines including Ghost Parachute, Fractured Lit, Mslexia and Flash Frontier. Her debut novella in flash “All Their Favourite Stories” is available from Ad Hoc Fiction. More words on Bluesky
June 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM